A Terrifying Tour Of This Haunted Prison In Ohio Is Not For The Weak

If you’e looking for something extra spooky to experience this October, considering touring the Ohio State Reformatory—but be aware that it isn’t for the faint of heart. While the exterior of the building may be hauntingly beautiful, the lonely cells and restless spirits roaming about inside are far from welcoming. If exploring haunted places is your thing, this is the one place in Ohio that has to go on your haunted bucket list.

Formerly known as the Mansfield Reformatory, this historic prison first opened in 1886 and is nearly 130-years-old.

The reformatory is home to the state's most violent ghosts. Spirits of rioting inmates who often fought each other to the death in overcrowded isolation cells are said to haunt the halls and cells of this former prison.

No one could have anticipated the dark history to follow the facility, which was not even initially intended to function as a prison. Overtime, however, the reformatory officially transitioned into a high security prison—and with that transition brought more violent prisoners.

The most infamous tale of the prison involves "the hole," a small cell in which prisoners were held for three days when they were being punished. Several sources have reported that at one time there were two inmates held in "the hole"—and by the end of the three days one did not make it out alive.